Chapter 1059 Keep your word
"Duke Wei, the guard is here."
On the beacon tower behind Songzhou City, Qin Lang stood with his hands behind his back.
"The guard Huang An pays homage to Duke Wei!"
Behind him, a man in a pleated military uniform came up and bowed his waist and handed to pay homage.
Qin Lang turned around and looked at the handsome man, "I heard that you are the number one swordsman in Ningyuan, killing more than a hundred people with a long sword?"
Huang An lowered his head and said, "I am just a bunch of fur."
Qin Lang stepped forward and helped him up, patted his arm, "It is not just the courage of an ordinary man if he can be killed by a hundred people."
The Ningyuan Army in Songzhou had patrols and cavalry at night. This was the elite army in the border guards. However, there was also an elite brave man named Shuchalang. Although it was not an official army, it was also very famous.
These guards and capture men originally refer to the children of the border soldiers in the Ningyuan Army in Songzhou west of Gansongling. As a border army with a quota of 5,000 people, there is Ningyuan Army City in Songzhou, and there are also some fortresses, beacons, so capture the town and garrison.
Ningyuan Military City is the largest, and is the fortress and headquarters of Ningyuan Army. There are also secondary garrisons below. The larger ones are called guards, the second ones are called military towns, and the smaller ones are called shi, and there are even smaller Fengsui, Dunbao, etc.
Several Ningyuan Army guards were located outside Songzhou. In the territory of Dangxiang Qiang, there were a group of Ningyuan border troops stationed. Because they were alone, soldiers could bring their families to live in the garrison. Soldiers could guard the border, and their families would farm.
Several guards and horses also act as post stations. The border market is usually quite lively, but because it is set up in the territory of Dangxiang Qiang, it is more complicated here. The guards and horses not only have border soldiers and families, but also many vendors, and even many Qiang people.
Some thieves and bandits who were recruited were placed here, or criminals were exiled to the army, some fugitives fled here to hide their names, and even some smugglers were invisible.
The special location creates the complex situation here.
The guards and catches the city gradually had a group of guards and catches. They started out as a group of young men, mainly from the children of the border army. Ren Xia was still martial, and was similar to other border rangers on the border.
Now, Songzhou Guards and Chalang no longer refers to the border troops or those border bandits, but to some mercenaries active on the border guards and Chalang City.
Some of these people are children of border soldiers, some are rangers, some may be fugitives, some may be exiled criminals, and some may be Hu Yi barbarians. In short, they have different identities, but they all became mercenaries in the end.
But this group of people is different from ordinary mercenaries and is not just working hard for money.
This is an organized and disciplined group of guards.
"Shoukan, catch the man, and the man, he will leave as soon as he says, and he will do what he does."
It is not accurate to say that they are associations, bodyguards, or mercenaries who receive mercenaries, and it is difficult for outsiders to figure out these guards.
But in Songzhou, the combat effectiveness of these guards and snatchers can be compared with that of the night, which shows how strong these people are.
Just like the guard guard in front of him, whose surname was Huang and his name was An, he killed more than a hundred people under a sword.
He is a serious son of the border army who guarded the city of Ningyuan. His brother Huang Gang is currently the official in Ningyuan's army's defense and defense commander, guarding the city of Tongzhi, guarding the city of Tongzhi, and having 800 border troops, a serious sixth-rank general.
With such a background, Huang An's future will not be bad. He can easily find a military position in the Ningyuan Army, and no matter how bad he is, he can still find other jobs in Songzhou. However, even such a guardian and catcher boy finally established a mysterious guardian organization.
"I haven't seen you for several years, you have changed a lot." Qin Lang looked at Huang An with a smile.
Huang An smiled, "The wind is strong here, the sun is strong, and the sun is tanned. I am thirty years old, but I look almost fifty."
"It's not like fifty, but I'll definitely believe it if I say forty."
"Hahaha."
The two laughed together.
"Time flies so fast, it's been a long time since we parted. A month ago, I met Mr. Qin in Tongzhiguan City. I looked pretty good at that time, but who expected that I would leave all of a sudden." Huang An sighed.
"I have too many injuries in my life." Qin Lang said helplessly.
"I heard that Mr. Wei summoned him, and I came immediately. I don't know what task he had?"
"I heard that the guard captured Lang has been very famous in recent years, and he is as famous as Ning Yuan's army at night?"
Huang An raised his chest, "As a son of the border army in Songzhou, he went to war and followed Duke Wei to fight against the Dangxiang. He won Duke Wei to refuse to abandon him. Later, he gave me money, grain and people, and asked me to return to Songzhou to recruit people. I never dared to forget that I have made some progress over the years of hard work and finally achieved some success. I have been waiting for Duke Wei's call, but I have never received the task, and now I have finally received the task."
As Huang An said, when Dangxiang invaded, Qin Lang reinforced Songzhou. Huang An volunteered to join the army as the son of Qin Qiong's soldiers, first defending Songzhou, and then following Qin Lang to fight in Longyou. Later, he was appreciated by Qin Lang for his bravery. After the war, he originally wanted to join Qin Lang's army, but he should have been executed for violating the military rules. In the end, Qin Lang found out that he had just avenged the revenge of his brothers to kill several Qiang evil spirits, so he forgives him, but the army could no longer keep him, so he gave him money, food and some people to leave the camp.
At first, Qin Lang was actually just a chess piece that he set up at will, just like the group of sand thieves Song Fugui arranged in Shayuan, Guanzhong. Unexpectedly, these people later established a lot of momentum in the world under the name of the Fufusi.
At first, Huang An was arranged, just to arrange a business for him and be a spy, and he could collect some information on the border where dragons and snakes were mixed.
But later, Dangxiang and others were defeated too quickly, and the Longyou border was peaceful, and the layout of this chess piece had not yet come to play a role. Qin Lang even forgot about Huang An for a while.
However, Huang An did not forget his mission. He took the money and food given by Qin Lang and the troops he had sent to him. After returning to Songzhou, he worked hard to carry out his tasks. After a few years, Huang An had become the leader of the famous Shuchalang in Songzhou.
Even his brother received a lot of help from him and became a guardian step by step.
At that time, a passionate young man, who came from the battlefield with a few partners, has become a famous Shogun, who has been in charge for many years. This may be something no one would have thought of.
"Tell me, how did you do it over the years?"
Huang An briefly reviewed the journey over the years. In fact, it was very complicated, and it was simple and simple. He just took the task back and had money in his hands. So Huang An was generous and used this to make friends and win over a large number of children from the border army in Songzhou and some powerful young men.
He is rich and rich, generous and righteous. When this reputation spreads, his friends gather together.
Then, with his relationship with the military and his secret care from his superiors, Huang An soon became a friend to eat and drink, but also began to engage in border trade. Later, he developed into bodyguards and even established a guard mercenary across the border. They were not only guarding bodyguards, but even assassination, combat and other tasks.
By now, it is half black and half white, with amazing strength.
Huang An and Shoucha Lang couldn't wait for Qin Lang's summons and missions, so they developed inertia. No one expected that Qin Lang was just a casual chess player back then, but now he is an amazing armed force with more than 3,000 people.
"I heard that your Shukang Lang has a good reputation. Not only do you believe in your words, but you also have some contributions to combating thieves and robbers? Even after leaving Songzhou, merchants are willing to seek your Shukang Lang help if they have any problems, and you can all help solve the problem quickly?"
"It is also a tribute to you. After all, we are not real gangsters of the world. When Shouzhalang was founded, I set some rules with my brothers. Even if we are outside the border, we are all Tang people. The brothers we recruited at the beginning were all from Shouzhacheng, so we still pay more attention to these."
In recent years, there are many profits from the guards and catching men, and the scale is getting bigger and bigger. There are bodyguards on the surface, business, shops and workshops to manage these things, and there are also some transactions such as slaves, smuggling and even assassination in secret, but overall, it is different from those who only work for money.
"I'm sorry for you." Qin Lang said.
"Duke Wei, Tubo is coming, is it time for us?"
"Well, you have a task to raise troops for a thousand days and use troops for a while."
"Please give us your order, we will definitely live up to our mission!" Huang An said loudly.
However, how it has changed over the years, Huang An and his brothers have never forgotten their true mission and always remember their lurking identity.
"No one knows your true identity over the years, right?"
"We have always been sticking to the secrets and never dared to reveal a single point. Even my brother, I have never disclosed a single point. Because of this, my brother still has many misunderstandings about me, which makes our relationship very cold now."
"Do you regret it?"
"No!" Huang Andao.
"After this time, if you are willing, I can arrange it for you to the Songzhou Governor's Office, or elsewhere to protect you a seventh-rank official."
Huang An hesitated for a moment.
"Duke Wei, it is not easy for the Shoucha Lang to be of today's scale. He can continue to operate and play more roles."
Qin Lang looked at him for a long time, "Yes, you know that now my fifth brother has been appointed as the governor of Songzhou, and my other brothers have been appointed as the county magistrate. Although my grandfather has left, the Qin family will continue to manage Songzhou for generations and continue to operate. The guard and capture Lang will continue to operate, and it will indeed play more roles in the future. But in this case, you will be wronged and can only continue to be mixed like this. "
"I do."
Qin Lang patted Huang An on the shoulder, and could understand the complex feelings in his heart. He just came back with a mission, hiding around the border market, and mingling in the vast world. He was originally a secret spy, but who expected that many years would have developed to this point now.
The thousands of brothers under his command were also responding to each other. In Songzhou, Dangxiang's hundreds of miles in size were better than a general's.
I really may not be willing to give up these things and become a seventh-rank captain or something.
"Okay, let's explain this mission first. We will discuss other things later, but I promise you that no matter how you choose, as long as I am still here and as long as the Qin family still guards Songzhou, they will definitely protect you secretly."
Chapter completed!